Object Number | 29-75-562 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | South Portal | Strip100E, sub N rooms |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Ptah | Sekhmet |
Description | Fragment of a limestone votive stela decorated with sunk and incised relief. The fragment represents the upper left corner of a larger stela. At the left is a standing image of the lioness goddess Sekhmet, incised into the stone. Her left arm extends down and holds a papyrus stalk scepter (?). Her right arm extends up, crossing her left, holding another object which may be a lotus flower. To the right of Sekhmet is a larger image of Ptah, executed in sunk relief. The god faces right, and wears a wesekh collar over his tight-fitting garment. The broken edges of the stela are badly weathered. |
Height | 15 cm |
Width | 14 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
Other Number | M2735 - Field No SF |
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